3 February
–
23 April 2006
Films:
Section 3: Gender, Race and SocietyHorace Ové born 1939
Pressure 1975
© British Film Institute
Pressure 1975 was the first feature length British film made by a black British director, Trinidadian-born Horace Ové. Filmed in a gritty, realist style, with the exception of one key 'dream' sequence that draws on Surrealist film, it depicts the efforts of a British-born black teenager to find his first job, whilst struggling to rationalise the casual racism and contradictory values he encounters within society. The issues and themes explored in Pressure remain relevant to the black experience in Britain today.